Posted on 05/18/2023 6:10:17 AM PDT by nikos1121
FPG KHN MUN EMPHFMNXXNH PB FPGH PLC XWBN, KCQ FPG SKC SHNKMN FPGH PLC XNDNCQ, PH CPM. —WEKRNX KXXNCQN
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
From The Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Guess the first word, and it’s an easy phrase to solve.
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H YMRMU GLTM THOCZ LE ZCM EFPZ ZCFZ NDTZ AMHYO HT EDY. —XFZCFUHYM CMBADUY
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT JUST BEING IS FUN. —KATHARINE HEPBURN
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
What’s the difference between a fairly tale and a sea story?
A fairly tale starts, “Once upon a time, …” a sea story starts “Now this is no bull$*** …”.
Guess the first word, and it’s an easy phrase to solve.
True, but this one is easy to overthink. It has basically all 7 of the most common 3 letter words that often prove the key to solving these things. With so many choices, it's easy to go wrong!
I got words 2 and 3, [KHN MUN] more or less on sight, which gave me the last letter of word 6 [FPGH], and after that is was just typing.
“So there I was, surrounded by angry tribesmen, the sacred rhino dead at my feet...”
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